College of Technology, Pantnagar also known as COT, Pantnagar or COT, is a college located in

Pantnagar Pantnagar is a town and a university campus in Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand. Nainital, Kashipur, Rudrapur and Kiccha, Haldwani are the major cities surrounding Pantnagar. The town is home to the first agricultural university of I ...

, in the state of

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

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. It was established under the then Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University and now called Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology. The College of Technology was established in this university in 1962. It has eleven departments that offer eight Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) degree programmes. The college also offers 24 postgraduate programs including a self-financed MCA program. The College is an institute in the world bank project for Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP) and is also the Regional Academy Centre of

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. The institute also holds ISO 9001:2000 certification. The college receives financial aid from various sources including

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(AICTE), University Grants Commission (UGC), Department of Science and Technology (DST),

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(ICAR) and the

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(CSIR) in addition to aid from the Department of Higher Education, Government of Uttarakhand.

Mission

The mission of College of Technology are as follows: 1. Produce engineers with the strong education foundation and the adaptive skills to serve rapidly evolving technological industries. 2. Conduct nationally recognized technical research focused at providing a technological edge to India, in general, and Uttarakhand in particular 3. Develop appropriate technologies for the upliftment for rural areas of Uttarakhand 4. Provide a diverse curricula that will instill in the students the imagination, talent, creativity and skills necessary for rapidly changing requirements for modern life and to enable them to serve in a wide variety of other fields that require leadership, teamwork, decision making and problem solving abilities.

Administration and organization

In the Indian higher education system, Pantnagar is classified as a State Agricultural University (SAU). The university is in the jurisdiction of the state government. The

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

of the state is ex-officio

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of the university and (s)he appoints a

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(VC), who functions as a full-time

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of the university. The VC chairs a 13-membered

Board of Management A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...

, which is the highest executive body of the university and oversees primarily financial and administrative matters and ratifies recommendations of other councils of the university. The other councils are the Academic council, the Research council and the Extension education council. Governor of

Dr. Krishan Kant Paul is present Chancellor and Dr. J. Kumar is VC of the university. Recently, a central government committee — The Committee to Advise on Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education (Yashpal Committee, 2009) — has recommended converting agricultural universities into general universities encompassing all branches of studies.

Academics

Each academic year comprises two semester having a total of 200-210 instructional days. COT follows the credit-based system of performance evaluation, with proportional weighting of courses based on their importance. Completion of a degree program requires successful study of courses as approved by the Academic Council for a program. The university has a 10-point scale evaluation system. Each student is evaluation in each course throughout the semester. Each semester's evaluation is done independently with a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) reflecting the average performance across semesters. The medium of instruction is English.

Undergraduate education

The College of Technology has various departments that offer eight B. Tech. Degree Programs in

Agricultural Engineering Agricultural engineering, also known as agricultural and biosystems engineering, is the field of study and application of engineering science and designs principles for agriculture purposes, combining the various disciplines of mechanical, civil, ...

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage ...

Computer Engineering Computer engineering (CoE or CpE) is a branch of electrical engineering and computer science that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software. Computer engineers ...

Electrical Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

Electronics and Communication Engineering Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current fl ...

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

and

Industrial and Production Engineering Industrial and production engineering (IPE) is an interdisciplinary engineering discipline that includes manufacturing technology, engineering sciences, management science, and optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations. It is co ...

. The B.Tech. Degree Program is the program with the most students enrolled in it in the college.

Postgraduate and doctoral education

COT Pantnagar offers 24 postgraduate programmes, including Master of Technology (M.Tech.) and Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.). The admission to M.Tech. program is made through GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) exam conducted by IITs and IISc, Bangalore. The institute offers the Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D.) as part of its doctoral education programme in several disciplines. The doctoral scholars are given a topic of academic interest by the professor, or sometimes work on the consultancy projects sponsored by industries. The duration of the programme is usually unspecified. Ph.D. scholars submit a dissertation and conduct an oral defence of their thesis. The departments of COT Pantnagar are as follows: * Department of Civil Engineering * Department of Computer Engineering * Department of Electrical Engineering * Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering * Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering * Department of Information Technology * Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering * Department of Mechanical Engineering * Department of Post Harvest Process and Food Engineering * Department of Industrial and Production Engineering * Department of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

Centre of Excellence

Under Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP), Department of Higher Education has designated the institute as a Centre of Excellence for Energy Studies in Industries and Agro Systems of Uttarakhand (Energy Management).

Campus

College of Technology has a campus area in G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology University. The university campus is located at a distance of 250 km from

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Udham Singh Nagar district Udham Singh Nagar District (officially District of Udham Singh Nagar )is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. Rudrapur is the district headquarters. This district consists of nine Tehsils named Bajpur, Gadarpur, Rudrapur, Jaspur ...

. The nearby towns are Rudrapur (16 km),

Haldwani Haldwani (Kumaoni language, Kumaoni: ''Haldvānī'') is the largest city of Kumaon division, Kumaon. It is also the third List of cities in Uttarakhand by population, most populous city and largest commercial market in the Indian state of Uttarak ...

(25 km) and

Nainital Nainital ( Kumaoni: ''Naintāl''; ) is a city and headquarters of Nainital district of Kumaon division, Uttarakhand, India. It is the judicial capital of Uttarakhand, the High Court of the state being located there and is the headquarters o ...

(65 km). Two

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- NH 87 and

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highway- are near the campus.

Pantnagar Airport Pantnagar Airport is a domestic airport serving Pantnagar, located in Udham Singh Nagar district in of Uttarakhand, India. It is operated by the Airports Authority of India. It is the nearest airport to the Kumaon division and is located in t ...

, operated by

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is located in the campus, 2.5 km west of main administrative building. Two railway stations of

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- Pantnagar ( IR Code PBW) and Haldi Road ( IR Code HLDD) are located in the campus 4 km (east) and 3 km (west) respectively of administrative building. The university shuttle service, local

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, auto-rickshaws and matador vans connect various parts of the campus. Pantnagar is a purely residential university and comprises an independent

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in itself. The population of Pantnagar, prior to establishment of the industrial estate was 35,820 at the Census of 2001. Pantnagar is a part of

Gadarpur Gadarpur is a post independence city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. This city was formed with the arrival of the refugees from Pakistan at the time of partition of 1947. The refugees settl ...

assembly constituency. The 'Concentric semicircles' or the 'rising sun' plan of the campus-centre was developed by the Department of Architecture of Illinois University.

Student life

COT Pantnagar provides on-campus residential facilities to its students, research scholars, faculty members and staff. The students live in hostels (referred to as bhavans) throughout their stay in the COT.

Student organizations

Most of the student's activities are organized through college-level professional societies, like th
SAEINDIA COT COLLEGIATE CLUB PANTNAGAR
tech-fairs and various competitions year round. The festivals includ
LITROSPHERE
the Annual Science and Literary Fest, ACCOLADE, the annual cultural and fine arts fest and COLOSSEUM, the annual tech fest. Apart from these, there are branch chapters for all the departments like Interface, Mech Chap, Sprinkler and Genesi

The institute has a college editorial board, popularly known as the Ed-Board, which looks after the various student publications of the institute. The College Website Team maintains the college website, and other relevant activities. The college also has the COT Chapter for the Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), the Imagindia Chapter, SAEINDIA Collegiate Club and the College Robotics Club. The college actively participates in various International and National Robotics Competition along with BAJA, Supra and Effi-cycle contests organized by SAEINDIA. There are other university-level societies like Vivekanand Swadhyaya Mandal and Sanskritic Chetna Parishad which works for social causes. CHETNA student wing works to benefit poor children on the campus. The Pantnagar Chapter of

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regularly organizes

Indian classical music Indian classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as '' Hindustani'' and the South Indian expression known as '' Carnatic''. These traditions were not ...

and

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concerts.

Alumni network

Pantnagar Technology Alumni Association (P.T.A.A.)

Pantnagar Technology Alumni Association (P.T.A.A.) is a registered society established in 2005 by the initiatives of the Ex Vice-Chancellor Dr. P.L. Gautam, Ex-dean and Late Dr. K. N. Shukla and the alumni of College of Technology. As of 2012 the association has successfully registered around 1,000 members.

Notable alumni

Vineet Nayar Vineet Nayar (born 1962) is an Indian business executive, author and philanthropist. He is the former Chief Executive Officer of HCL Technologies (2007–13), Founder Chairman & CEO of Sampark Foundation and author of a critically acclaimed ma ...

Baba Sehgal Harjeet Singh "Baba" Sehgal, is an Indian rapper. He was widely acclaimed to be the first Indian rapper. He is also involved in various other areas of the entertainment industry, and works in several different languages' media. He was a contesta ...

Shantanu Gupta Shantanu Gupta is an Indian author and political analyst. He is also the founder of The Ramayana School. Gupta has authored six books including '' Bharatiya Janata Party: Past, Present and Future''— Story of World's Largest Political Party ...

References

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External links

College of Technology, PantnagarG.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar
Engineering colleges in Uttarakhand Education in Udham Singh Nagar district Pantnagar 1962 establishments in Uttar Pradesh Educational institutions established in 1962